Post-Pandemic-Proof Your Business: Prepare for "Reboarding"

There is light at the end of the tunnel. At some point, the pandemic will end. Organizations and people will attempt to thrust themselves back into something approximating normal. However, expecting normalcy to return without issue invites a second crisis—one that also happens to be preventable.

4 Reasons Why Your Candidate Experience Is FCDD-Up—and How to Fix It

Why are we still talking about candidate experience as we head into 2020? Because it’s still broken! Despite all the recruitment and media attention focused on the jobseeker these days, the state of the candidate experience in many organizations can be summed up by four letters: FCDD.

The One Acronym You Need to 'Reach' Gen Y

Imagine how different recruiting was just a few decades ago when a foreman in a Philadelphia railroad yard exited his office, crossed the workplace campus and was met by a mob of job candidates each morning.

5 Best Practices to Improve Your Recruitment Process

With the unemployment rate closing in on 2 percent among college graduates, companies are struggling to attract and hold onto top talent. More than 70 percent of employers say that there is a skills shortage, according to the 2018 U.S. Salary Guide from recruitment agency Hays, and unsurprisingly, 92 percent of employers say they expect an increase in competition for talent this year, according to the Mercer Talent Trends 2017 Global Study.

Keep the Human in HR

The future simply came too fast for HR. As new technology is increasingly introduced in the workplace, HR faces an existential moment—it’s time for HR departments to stand up and fight to keep the Human in HR. But that doesn't mean HR should resist technology adoption.

4 Ways to Prevent a Poor Candidate Experience

Despite all the talk about HR technology and artificial intelligence improving candidate experience, the numbers say otherwise. In fact, candidate resentment has increased by 40% since 2016. But what, exactly, is the cause? A few of the top reasons cited in the just-released 2019 North American Candidate Experience Research Report include: poor communication, discrepancies between the job description and interview experience and disrespect for candidates’ time.

The 4 Most Important Mindset Shifts to Make in 2020

My head is spinning. As someone consumed with workforce trends, January is my jackpot. Each day I probably receive 100 or more emails, newsletters and Google alerts about what thought leaders and experts suggest will be dominant 2020 workplace trends. Fortunately, there are some themes running through all the prognostications:

4 Reasons Video Is Your New Recruiting Holy Grail

Get this: There is more video content uploaded to the web in a month than created for TV in the past three decades. The popularity and growth of online video is mind-blowing—video will account for 74 percent of all web traffic this year. The medium has become an untapped channel of content marketing for reaching and interacting with customers. So why aren't more companies using it for recruiting?

Rebuilding Remote Leadership Starts With Building Trust

Last month, I wrote an obituary for normal: the way things used to be. Many typical practices and ways of working are no longer effective, forcing everyone to utilize the most valuable skill of 2020: adaptability.

Why Higher Credentials on Job Apps Don't Promise Stronger Job Candidates

Every organization wants to hire top performers on a consistent basis. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen very often. In fact, in most cases, organizations fail miserably. One reason for this rate of failure is "credential creep": the act of raising minimum job requirements in the hope of hiring more qualified employees.

4 Common Failures of Online Job Applications—and How to Fix Them

Recruitment of top talent and skilled workers these days is undoubtedly getting harder. Recruiters and managers blame it on the quality of the labor pool—and many job applicants so lack the necessary skills. But that's only one aspect of a complex problem: the real enemy might be your online job application.

4 Key Considerations for Diversity and Inclusion in 2021

Six decades ago, Alan Shephard became the first American astronaut in space. Fifty years ago, we landed on the moon. Just two months ago, a four-person crew successfully launched aboard the first NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft system in history.